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Delving into how defense secretary mattis has changed his position on Nuclear Weapon developments since becoming defense secretary. Among the highlights in the article, secretary mattis used to question the u. S. s nuclear ar san nal andcalled for certain elements to be removed or reduced . But since joining the trump administration, secretary mattis has seemingly reverse the his position and now supports building more. His u turn suggests it has become important as the u. S. Conference china an...

From. [inaudible] its my pleasure to moderate this discussion with a group of folks who are prime movers in the development of the nature posture review. I will introduce them in a moment. We are not calling this a panel. Each group will give us five or ten minutes. We will get some conversation for the group going. Most of you know the group and let me introduce rob the Deputy Assistant secretary for defense for Nuclear Defense policy. Greg weaver is strategic director for staff j5. He runs the...

Being with us this morning. You are a man who lived through the Nuclear Threat of the cold war. Can you compare what that was like to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world iran, north korea, other areas . Well, at the end of the cold war in the early 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the whole issue, the specter of Nuclear Weapons was behind this. Today i have to say that the possibility of a Nuclear Weapon beingty used is probably higher than any time since the human...

That was like to the potential threat that we are aware of today in the world iran, north korea, other areas. Guest at the end of the cold war in the early 90s i think a lot of people were hoping that the whole issue in the specter of Nuclear Weapons use was behind us but unfortunately today i would have to say that the possibility of a Nuclear Weapon been used is probably higher than any time since the cuban missile crisis and our concern is less on intentional use in a certain sense as opposed...

Secretary on it Nuclear Threats facing the u. S. And the world. Then cavett phillips. Later, meredith i dont believe teachers should be armed. I believe teachers should teach. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] but thats exactly whats wrong with this country. We have people in washington, d. C. Representatives, senators and le...

But i think theres a lot of opportunity and i know supervisor yee has been leading this and ive been kind of backing him up in many ways. So, i feel comfortable moving forward with this. I do have a lot of reservations that supervisor cohen brought up. But i think we can finalize that. Chair peskin commissioner yee. Supervisor yee i also want to mention that i have been asking ting this is a ta meeting, one of the things thats really long term and but im willing to push the discussion. Ive pushe...

Plan. And i think both supervisor yee and ive heard very strongly that theres desires for certain things that because this is going to be a development agreement, ultimately, those things can be negotiated into the final package, such as a shuttle, the amount of parking and otherwise. I think the concerns of the neighbors are very real and this will have a big impact. But i think theres a lot of opportunity and i know supervisor yee has been leading this and ive been kind of backing him up in ma...

Maybe we will get some conversation going. We will say the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience save the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience. Let me quickly introduce our group. The. Ght is we have the Principal Assistant deputy administrator at nsa, where he runs the defense program. Anita is the acting system secretary of state from the bureau arms and control. Im very pleased that we can gather the screw. This group here. Greg, ...

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Iz, thank you for being here. You have lived through the Nuclear Threats of the cold war, can you compare that to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world of iran, north korea, and other areas . Guest at the end of the cold war in the early 19 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the specter of Nuclear Weapons use was behind us. Unfortunately today, i would have to say that the possibility of a Nuclear Weapon being used is probably higher than at any time other than the cub...